A#/Bb Khamaj (Raga) Ukulele Scale, Chords & Progressions

The A#/Bb Khamaj (Raga) scale on ukulele (A sharp / B flat khamaj (raga)): scale shapes, chords and progressions, with tab you can play along to in the interactive lesson.

Notes going up: Bb D Eb F G A

Notes coming down: Bb Ab G F Eb D C

Tuning: Standard (G C E A)

Scales

Scale shapes

3NPS - Second Position

A|--5---6---8-----|
E|--3---5---6-----|
C|--2---3---5-----|
G|--2---3---7---8-|

Coming down

A|--5---6---8-----|
E|--3---4---6---8-|
C|--2---3---5-----|
G|----------------|

3NPS - Third Position

A|--6---8--10-----|
E|--5---6--10-----|
C|--3---5---7-----|
G|--3---7---8--10-|

Coming down

A|--6---8--10-----|
E|--4---6---8--10-|
C|--3---5---7-----|
G|----------------|

3NPS - Fourth Position

A|--8--10--12-----|
E|--6--10--11-----|
C|--5---7---9-----|
G|--7---8--10--12-|

Coming down

A|--8--10--11-----|
E|--6---8--10--11-|
C|--5---7---8-----|
G|----------------|

Exercises

Basic Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Bb	Bb D F	`3 2 1 1`
I	Bb	Bb D F	`3 5 6 5`
I	Bb	Bb D F	`7 5 6 5`
I	Bb	Bb D F	`10 10 10 8`
II	Cm	C Eb G	`5 3 3 3`
II	Cm	C Eb G	`5 3 3 6`
II	Cm	C Eb G	`8 7 3 3`
II	Cm	C Eb G	`8 7 8 3`
III	Ddim	D F Ab	`1 2 1 x`
III	Ddim	D F Ab	`1 2 x x`
III	Ddim	D F Ab	`x 2 4 x`
III	Ddim	D F Ab	`1 2 1 5`
IV	Eb	Eb G Bb	`3 3 3 1`
IV	Eb	Eb G Bb	`3 3 3 6`
IV	Eb	Eb G Bb	`3 7 3 6`
IV	Eb	Eb G Bb	`8 7 6 6`
V	Fm	F Ab C	`1 5 4 3`
V	Fm	F Ab C	`5 5 4 3`
V	Fm	F Ab C	`1 5 1 3`
V	Fm	F Ab C	`10 8 8 8`
VI	Gm	G Bb D	`3 7 6 5`
VI	Gm	G Bb D	`7 7 6 5`
VI	Gm	G Bb D	`3 7 3 5`
VI	Gm	G Bb D	`12 10 10 10`
VII	Ab	Ab C Eb	`1 3 4 3`
VII	Ab	Ab C Eb	`5 3 4 3`
VII	Ab	Ab C Eb	`8 8 8 6`
VII	Ab	Ab C Eb	`8 8 8 11`

Seventh Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Bb7	Bb D F Ab	`1 2 1 1`
I	Bb7	Bb D F Ab	`1 2 1 x`
I	Bb7	Bb D F Ab	`1 2 4 1`
I	Bb7	Bb D F Ab	`3 2 4 1`
II	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`0 0 3 1`
II	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`3 0 3 1`
II	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`3 0 3 3`
II	Cm7	C Eb G Bb	`3 0 3 x`
III	Dm7b5	D F Ab C	`1 0 1 x`
III	Dm7b5	D F Ab C	`1 0 1 3`
III	Dm7b5	D F Ab C	`1 2 1 3`
III	Dm7b5	D F Ab C	`x 2 1 3`
IV	Ebmaj7	Eb G Bb D	`0 2 3 1`
IV	Ebmaj7	Eb G Bb D	`3 2 3 1`
IV	Ebmaj7	Eb G Bb D	`x 2 3 1`
IV	Ebmaj7	Eb G Bb D	`3 2 3 x`
V	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`1 3 1 3`
V	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`1 3 1 x`
V	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`x 3 1 3`
V	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`1 3 4 3`
VI	Gm7	G Bb D F	`0 2 1 1`
VI	Gm7	G Bb D F	`0 2 1 x`
VI	Gm7	G Bb D F	`x 2 1 1`
VI	Gm7	G Bb D F	`3 2 1 1`
VII	Abmaj7	Ab C Eb G	`1 0 3 3`
VII	Abmaj7	Ab C Eb G	`1 0 3 x`
VII	Abmaj7	Ab C Eb G	`0 3 3 3`
VII	Abmaj7	Ab C Eb G	`1 3 3 3`

Ninth Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Bb9	Bb D F Ab C	`1 0 1 1`
I	Bb9	Bb D F Ab C	`1 0 1 x`
I	Bb9	Bb D F Ab C	`x 0 1 1`
I	Bb9	Bb D F Ab C	`3 0 1 x`
II	Cm9	C Eb G Bb D	`x 2 3 1`
II	Cm9	C Eb G Bb D	`3 2 3 3`
II	Cm9	C Eb G Bb D	`3 2 3 x`
II	Cm9	C Eb G Bb D	`x 2 3 3`
III	Dm7b5b9	D F Ab C Eb	`1 3 1 3`
III	Dm7b5b9	D F Ab C Eb	`1 3 1 x`
III	Dm7b5b9	D F Ab C Eb	`x 3 1 3`
III	Dm7b5b9	D F Ab C Eb	`x 3 4 3`
IV	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`0 2 1 1`
IV	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`0 2 1 x`
IV	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`x 2 1 1`
IV	Ebmaj9	Eb G Bb D F	`0 3 1 x`
V	Fm9	F Ab C Eb G	`0 0 1 x`
V	Fm9	F Ab C Eb G	`1 0 3 x`
V	Fm9	F Ab C Eb G	`0 3 1 3`
V	Fm9	F Ab C Eb G	`0 3 1 x`
VI	Gm7b9	G Bb D F Ab	`1 2 1 1`
VI	Gm7b9	G Bb D F Ab	`1 2 1 x`
VI	Gm7b9	G Bb D F Ab	`1 2 3 x`
VI	Gm7b9	G Bb D F Ab	`0 2 4 x`
VII	Abmaj9	Ab C Eb G Bb	`1 0 3 1`
VII	Abmaj9	Ab C Eb G Bb	`3 0 3 x`
VII	Abmaj9	Ab C Eb G Bb	`x 0 3 1`
VII	Abmaj9	Ab C Eb G Bb	`1 3 3 1`

Progressions

Arpeggios

Chords: Bb – Cm – Ddim – Eb – Fm – Gm – Ab

A|1-----------5---1-----------5---1-----------5---1-----------5---|3-----------6---3-----------6---3-----------6---3-----------6---|
E|1---1---4-------1---1---4-------1---1---4-------1---1---4-------|3-------6-------3-------6-------3-------6-------3-------6-------|
C|2---------------2---------------2---------------2---------------|3---7-----------3---7-----------3---7-----------3---7-----------|
G|3---------------3---------------3---------------3---------------|5---------------5---------------5---------------5---------------|

A|------------5---------------5---------------5---------------5---|1-------1---1-------1---1-------1---1-------1---1-------1---1---|
E|1---1---4-------1---1---4-------1---1---4-------1---1---4-------|3---3-------3---3-------3---3-------3---3-------3---3-------3---|
C|2---------------2---------------2---------------2---------------|3-----------3-----------3-----------3-----------3-----------3---|
G|1---------------1---------------1---------------1---------------|3-----------3-----------3-----------3-----------3-----------3---|

A|3-------3---3-------3---3-------3---3-------3---3-------3---3---|5-------5---5-------5---5-------5---5-------5---5-------5---5---|
E|4---4-------4---4-------4---4-------4---4-------4---4-------4---|6---6-------6---6-------6---6-------6---6-------6---6-------6---|
C|5-----------5-----------5-----------5-----------5-----------5---|7-----------7-----------7-----------7-----------7-----------7---|
G|1-----------1-----------1-----------1-----------1-----------1---|3-----------3-----------3-----------3-----------3-----------3---|

A|3-------1---3-------1---3-------1---3-------1---3-------1---3---|
E|4---3-------4---3-------4---3-------4---3-------4---3-------4---|
C|3-----------3-----------3-----------3-----------3-----------3---|
G|1-----------1-----------1-----------1-----------1-----------1---|

Three Note Runs

Chords: Bb – Cm – Ddim – Eb – Fm – Gm – Ab

A|1-------------------------------------------1-------1---3---1---|3-------------------------------------------------------5-------|
E|1-------1-------1---3---1---3---4---3---4-------4---------------|3-------------------4-------4---6---4---6---8---6---8-------8---|
C|2---3-------3---------------------------------------------------|3---5---7---5---7-------7---------------------------------------|
G|3---------------------------------------------------------------|5---------------------------------------------------------------|

A|--------------------------------------------1-------1---3---1---|1-------------------------------1-------1---3---1---3---5---3---|
E|1-------1-------1---3---1---3---4---3---4-------4---------------|3---1---3---1---3---4---3---4-------4---------------------------|
C|2---3-------3---------------------------------------------------|3---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|1---------------------------------------------------------------|3---------------------------------------------------------------|

A|3-------------------1-------1---3---1---3---5---3---5---3---1---|5-------------------------------5-------5---6---5---6---8---6---|
E|4---3---4---3---4-------4---------------------------------------|6---4---6---4---6---8---6---8-------8---------------------------|
C|5---------------------------------------------------------------|7---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|1---------------------------------------------------------------|3---------------------------------------------------------------|

A|3-------------------------------1-------1---3---1---3---5---3---|
E|4---1---3---1---3---4---3---4-------4---------------------------|
C|3---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|1---------------------------------------------------------------|

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